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• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  school classes, a strong academic foundation in high school both improves ... Institute when you're here. For some more information, check out What to do in
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  application process will be recorded as "College Transcript" in our database. If ... entered as a supplemental document in your file. Enrolling first
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you ... resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in ... at MIT (well, maybe those tricky PRS questions you get in TEAL). I know ... 'd be nice to call it quits after this. In any case, last night, I picked

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  majoring in Course 4: Architecture at MIT (as you know, I eventually received ... be viewed on MITWorld... look for it there in a few weeks. I'm signing ... Hi! I'm blogging live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  enough to remember. I'm old enough to remember sprinting home in fear ... So, I manage the blogs. Interestingly, the best way to manage the blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and dear ones. We ... made it, that mean I made it Everything I had was for the team, I

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  favorite pi/pie reference(s) in the comments below and I'll add them in! Do ... Yes, I'll admit that when I first wrote "Pi(e)", I thought of π times e even though I meant "Pi/Pie". Anyways, as Pi Day approaches, I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  . :-) I just saw Omar '10 in the Infinite and he mentioned that housing ... ! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by ... all end up. I have a lot of blog-comment-questions to respond to - look

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Wrapup Final thoughts on Campus Preview Weekend 2006.

  

  For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What was the biggest surprise? What would you tell those who couldn ... ? It was great to meet so many of you! See you again in the fall =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  . “I’m going to fail physics!” I saw one frosh yell. “Is torque in or out ... am in bed. In just a few hours, fiziks will be done, And I will have ... hoping for at least one 5 AM rest; And I with my physics, roommates with

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education. You can read it: Some New Help for the Extremely Gifted (registration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next entry. Thanks to Random / S.P.I.E.S. for running another terrific Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  We started our ju n i  o    r -- wait wait wait ... there must be some mistake here ... someone pls correct us in the comments ... we aren ... can say for certain is that we started this fall semester

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  This entry doesn't have much content, it's just a placeholder while I come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone ... most of the false positives, and in the meantime I'll keep playing with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  depressed and start asking yourself "Why am I here? What am I doing with my life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom about a recently completed water-channel bridge in Germany. Isn't that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last ... comfortable riding a bike, I was nine years old, and In the past decade I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... I'm currently studying for what might turn out to be my last ever

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  how the recommender intends to submit their materials, because it will
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  , and I'll post another entry so you can have any missing materials ... would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT ... will let you know, and you will not be penalized in any way. At this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012